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Adolphe Appian

A Great Beech Tree at the Edge of a Wood, c. 1840

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Medium

black and white chalk with gray wash on gray laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 47.2 x 62.9 cm (18 9/16 x 24 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Karen B. Cohen in Honor of Andrew Robison

Accession Number

2005.62.1

Artists / Makers

Adolphe Appian (artist) French, 1818 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower verso in blue ink: S. A. appian--Etude arbre 47 x 62.5 collection Jacques Gruyer (Succession GRUYER APPIAN)

Marks and Labels

Appian's studio stamp

Provenance

Jacques Gruyer. (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Exhibition History

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 98.

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